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CVE-2016-5879

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

MQCLI on IBM MQ Appliance M2000 and M2001 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted (1) Disaster Recovery or (2) High Availability command.

Affected products

• IBM Mq Appliance Firmware: 8.0

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16174
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987697
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92538
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IT16174
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21987697
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92538

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